7Synonyms found for attentiveness

Word Origin & History

attentive late 14c., from Fr. attentif, from V.L. *attenditus, from L. attentus "heedful, observant" (see attend). Sense of "actively ministering to the needs and wants" (of another person) is from c.1520.

Example Sentences for attentiveness

They all helped one another with humorous attentiveness, as though they had all agreed to rehearse a sort of artless farce.

The researchers suggest that action video games may be an effective way of bringing the brain's attentiveness back.

They babble on as if the user were in a magical state of attentiveness.

They ask good questions about lectures, showing attentiveness and curiosity.

Unfortunately you drew the wrong implication when you concluded that parents' attentiveness to fussy children makes matters worse.

But he remains concerned about the nature of attentiveness, and the lecture's role in the future of education.

Nodding is also seen as a display of attentiveness, rather than an act of affirmation.

Bender's attentiveness is credited with solving dozens of mysteries that had police stumped.